The HTC One X, HTC’s new flagship device, has finally seen its launch at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. Originally titled as both the HTC Endeavor and HTC Edge, the One X is possibly the most talked-about quad-core handset of the past few months.
We already knew about the 1.5GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the 4.7 inch 720x1280 (720p) display with Gorilla Glass protection and the 1GB of RAM. Other features such as the 32GB of storage, 8MP camera and Beats Audio integration were also to be expected, but have only just now been confirmed.
What we did not expect was that there would be two versions of the HTC One X, a Global version and a US version.
- The Global version of the One X will come with HSPA+ connectivity, but will offer the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core CPU we’ve been hearing about for months.
- The US version of the One X will be locked to AT&T and have LTE support. However, LTE support has come at a price, with the US version only sporting a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. The trade-off is probably worth it at this point, as there currently aren’t too many reasons you would need a quad-core CPU over a dual-core, but it’s still a bit of a surprise nonetheless.
HTC also seems to have taken a new direction with physical design. The HTC One X has taken some serious pointers from the Nokia Lumia series, coming manufactured out of a single piece of white polycarbonate. We’re not going to point any fingers at HTC over this one, as we’re huge fans of the Nokia Lumia approach to handset design and HTC doesn’t seem to have copied the actual appearance of the Lumia series too heavily. The One X is still very definitely HTC, just made out of a different material than we’ve historically seen.
Right now we’re pretty excited about the HTC One X for both its raw power and its new (for HTC) approach to design. We can’t wait to get our hands on one and hopefully we and the rest of the public won’t have to wait too long for that to happen.
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